pay one's own freight

Definitions

Synonym of pay one's own way.

colloquial, dated

Examples

“If any of you want⟳ a whacking lot of experience⟳, lots of thrills to the minute and can pay⟳ your own⟳ freight, sign⟳ up for that trip⟳ to the land⟳ of the Northern Lights.”

“I missed a real job's stimulation and rested uneasy in depending upon the Royal Family. (A sound⟳ presentiment, there.) I had been on my own⟳ since the age of eighteen, and I liked how it felt to pay⟳ my own⟳ freight.”

““I have⟳ absolutely no interest⟳ in being a wealthy dilettante. I have⟳ a job. I pay⟳ my own⟳ freight. […]”

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